Clippers lose Griffin for two weeks with quad injury
“I felt really, really very bad about it”, Bryant said. Clippers coach Doc Rivers was forced to pull his reserves, while Lakers coach Byron Scott kept his out there and left Bryant on the sidelines – even as the Los Angeles crowd chanted Bryant’s name.
Unfamiliar territory for a team coming off five straight playoff appearances. 500 team at 8 tonight or we’re going to be a below.
Point guard Mike Conley scored 19 points with five assists Sunday night as the Memphis Grizzlies breezed past the Los Angeles Lakers 112-96 at FedExForum. It was the Lakers. 500 for the first time since they were 5-6 on November 15. Kobe Bryant had 12 points on just 4 of 10 and sat the entire fourth quarter, while Julius Randle returned after missing Wednesday’s game with a sore ankle.
In the third quarter, the Clippers padded their cushion to as much as 28.
In fact, after 30 games into the current regular season, the Lakers are sporting a miserable 5-25 win-loss card, which is actually three to four games better than the Sixers’ disgusting 2-30 win-loss slate.
Bryant has struggled this season in a young Lakers team, averaging 17.4 points per game and shooting just 34.4 percent from the field.
G J.J. Redick scored 25 points and forward Paul Pierce added 20 to lead the Clippers.
Kobe, 37, is the leading scorer in NBA All-Star Game history with 280 points. Find us on Facebook too! I don’t think it’s physical to be honest with you, because tonight the effort was there. “So at times we get stubborn trying to do it ourselves instead of just moving the ball”.
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant leads the pack in voting for the 2016 NBA All-Star Game, but does he deserve a spot on the roster? “I mean, he’s still playing hard. “‘Shocked” doesn’t do it justice”.
Nance, the son of former NBA All-Star Larry Nance, recently took over starting duties in the Lakers’ lineup.
“I was like, “What the hell?’ Bryant told reporters last night. And we saw tonight he was trusting it”. He was extremely active. “So I wasn’t about to put him pack in then – pretty easy decision, to be honest”.
Memphis was the team playing on zero days rest, but the Lakers were the ones who looked like they had played the night before. “They’re not letting go”.
“Everything is better when you win”, Paul said. He also holds the record for most points scored by an National Basketball Association player at the FedExForum, when he had 60 on March 22, 2007….
Lakers: Bryant has more points against the Grizzlies than any other player.
He revealed that he listened daily to Journey’s ubiquitous “Don’t Stop Believin'” for two years after the Lakers were pummeled by the Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals.